Re: debugging AirDrop (update)
Re: debugging AirDrop (update)
- Subject: Re: debugging AirDrop (update)
- From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 12:06:43 -0700
File a bug report with Apple!
—Jens (who has intermittent troubles with AirDrop too)
> On May 27, 2016, at 10:47 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>
>> On 27 May 2016, at 23:18, Steve Christensen <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> I haven't worked with AirDrop, but I just looked at the docs and one of the delegate methods is -sharingService:didFailToShareItems:error:. Maybe if you implement that you can at least see what the specific error is?
>>
>
> Well, it does not tell anything. Never gets called. The problem: if there is no-one found to share things with, then there can be no sharing, and thus no errors while sharing.
>
> “Invoked when the sharing service encountered an error when sharing items.”
>
> But thanks for the suggestion. It is better to have this delegate method implemented.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Gerriet.
>
>
>>
>>
>>> On May 26, 2016, at 10:23 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have an OS X app (10.11.5) which has a button called AirDrop, which does:
>>>
>>> - (IBAction)airDrop: (NSButton *)sender
>>> {
>>> NSArray *shareItems = list of one or more urls of pdf files
>>> NSSharingService *service = [ NSSharingService sharingServiceNamed: NSSharingServiceNameSendViaAirDrop];
>>> service.delegate = self; // probably not needed
>>> [service performWithItems:shareItems];
>>> }
>>>
>>> Usually this just works:
>>> I click the AirDrop button, a Panel slides down with a picture of the pdf (or a symbol for multiple files if more than one).
>>> I grab my iPad (which has “AirDrop: Contacts Only" set) and unlock it.
>>> The AirDrop panel on the Mac shows (after a few seconds) my Mac Login picture, I click it, and all is well.
>>>
>>> Sometimes it does not work correctly:
>>> In this case I have to set the iPad to “AirDrop: Everyone". A generic user picture will appear on the Mac and it will still work.
>>>
>>> But sometimes it does not work at all:
>>> I can do whatever (like restarting the iPad; restarting the Mac) but still no picture of a recipient will appear in the Mac AirDrop Panel.
>>>
>>> How can I debug this?
>>>
>>> Gerriet.
>>>
>>> Found some log messages, which seem to be related:
>>>
>>> Clicking my AirDrop button:
>>>
>>> 27/05/2016 12:17:41.630 sharingd[17313]: 12:17:41.629 : Bonjour discovery started
>>> 27/05/2016 12:17:41.662 sharingd[17313]: 12:17:41.662 : BTLE advertiser Powered On
>>> 27/05/2016 12:17:41.664 sharingd[17313]: 12:17:41.663 : BTLE advertising hashes <01ca38ce b5742b51 4900>
>>> 27/05/2016 12:17:41.667 sharingd[17313]: 12:17:41.666 : SDBonjourBrowser::failedToStartAdvertisingWithError Error Domain=NSMachErrorDomain Code=8 "(os/kern) no access" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=wirelessproxd can't start advertising at this time.}
>>> 27/05/2016 12:17:43.720 sharingd[17313]: 12:17:43.719 : SDBonjourBrowser::failedToStartAdvertisingWithError Error Domain=NSMachErrorDomain Code=8 "(os/kern) no access" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=wirelessproxd can't start advertising at this time.}
>>>
>>> Clicking “Cancel" in the AirDrop Panel:
>>>
>>> 27/05/2016 12:19:46.595 AirDrop[17426]: Error in CoreDragRemoveTrackingHandler: -1856
>>> 27/05/2016 12:19:46.595 AirDrop[17426]: Error in CoreDragRemoveReceiveHandler: -1856
>>> 27/05/2016 12:19:46.658 sharingd[17313]: 12:19:46.657 : Bonjour discovery stopped
>>> 27/05/2016 12:19:46.671 sharingd[17313]: 12:19:46.671 : BTLE advertising stopped
>>>
>>> But still don’t know what to do.
>>>
>>> Gerriet.
>>
>
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